Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-01
SAVANNAH MARkE 4
WEEKLY REPORT.

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SAVANNAH, GA, Dec. 81, 1857
GENERAL REMARKs.-The general market
was very quiet during the past week. Bust
ness was everywhere light and few important
changes occurred. The Christmas holidays in
teryening, business to some extent was ADAM
doned, and the week was more or less given
up TO social pleasures and enjoyment, SO that
trading for the time being was confined strict
ly to absolute necessities. and was more In the
retail than in the jobbing trades. The
kaviest movement, however, was in gro
Mes and provisions, as is usual at this period,
81 even that was light. In other depart
hts comparatively little was done in the
4<X3tof actual merchandise There were no
sres about the general markets worth
X EiktTA4S. Of Collections were quite
tslsssF money market was easy and I'M
ESfahged. Exchange was flrmer and
Yhigher both for domestic and foreign.
&kJhe security market was very dull in pretty
49, ach the whole list. Central railroad
4Sstock was irregular, but with no radical
changes, and closed weak and nominal.
There were but few price changes. Bacon,
nails, cotton and turpentine were frmer and
higher, while rosln was lower. The follow
ing review will show the tone and latest clos
IA ing quotations of the different markets
&pder review.
HANAvAL SToRES.-There was quite a good
&emand for spirits turpentine. with some
falling OF in the receipts and with light Of
ferings. Prices were frmer and advanced
steadily. At the close they were fully l34c.
higher than a week ego. The total sales for
the week were about 1900 casks. Rosin, the
market was quiet and easy for the better
grades and prices fell off slightly.
In the lower grades q frmer
feeling was maintained. The demand
ri al hpr hao Uad
hands during the week. In another column
will be found a weekly comparative state
ment of receipts and exports
from April l to date. and for the same
period last year, showing the stock on hand
and on shipboard not cleared, together with
, the official closing quotations:
CoTTON.-Tbere was slight improvement
lin the business doing for the week and the
2sar ket W as firmer. Factors, as O rule, were
,X3ly Offering in a limited way, fearing to let
~ nelly for fear of heavy falling off in the
- {bts during the next month, appar
= <4Ny all authorities have united in cutting
NSwn their estimates of the size of the crop,
and the general impression prevails that 1t
will be much larger than was at first supposed
in the early part of the season. On to days
trading there was an advance of Lice all
around, the market leaving off steady. The
Gales for the week were $3.50 bales. The fol-
lowing are the official closing spot quotations
of the Cotton EXhange;
MIddling falr. ......................9%
GOOD m1QOIng. ......................SA
Mlddllng. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Low middllng ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Good ordinary .-..-.....-............S 5s
Ordinary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. nominal
Sea IsIdnds.-The receipts during the week
up to p. M, as reported by factors,
were 1859 bags, and the sales for the same
time were 1,2i9 bags, leaving the stock at
! 5,525 bags. There was fairly good inquiry.
and some holders were asking higher prices
4 for the poorer qualities, but they were unsuc-
cessful in obtaining them. The market was
quiet and steady throughout the week. The
above business was based on quotations:
Common Georgias and Fioridas. .l31%(0l4
. medium. .......'...'.---........ lb12 GlT
Good medium ....,............l712C0
! Medium hne.... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 90
Fine. .......................l (G1
Extra nno. ...........-............2O tn
Cn0lce.- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. III 20
The receipts of cotton at this port from all
sources source the past week up to p. M, were
land against 1882 bales of upland and l,0S6
bales sea island last year.
, The particulars Of the receipts have been as
follows: Per Central railroad 2l.066 bales up
land; per Savannah. Florida and Western
railway $3.50 bales upland ana l,4S0 bales sea
island; per Savannah river steamers. 700
bales upland; per Charleston and Savan-
nan Railway Company. 81 bales up
land; per Brunswick and Satilla river
steamers. As bales upland and II bales sea
island: per carts. 43 bales upland and rs
bales sea Island.
The exports for the week were 1885 bales
upland and 1921 bales sea island: To New
d York. ,l67 bales upland and l, l46 bales sea
island; to Boston, 1851 bales upland; to Bal
timore, go bales upland and 2l5 bales sea
island; to Philadelphia, $50 bales upland;
to Liverpool, 4,S7S bales upland, and so bales
sea island; to Bremen, 5Olbales upland; to
Havre. 5, 100 bales upland.
The stock on hand AT l p. m. to day was
1851 bales upland and 4.243 bales sea island,
against 1858 bales of upland ana 6,60l bales
sea island last year.